Hey, no accounting for taste, right?
Hey, no accounting for taste, right?
?Originally Posted by pablo
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Insomnia #459
ANY S/L #459
The Suicide Motor Club was pretty satisfying. I finished the book in two days. It's pretty Koontzian in style but without dogs and "quirky" dialogue. He disposes of people with ease only matched by King.
I'm reading select stories from The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke. That's one big book.
Reading Old Man's War by John Scalzi after seeing it recommended somewhere here. Enjoying it so far.
Word of radiance by Brandon Sanderson
This is the second book of "The stormlight archive " series (first book was "the way of kings"
Excellent so far!!!
Does anyone here read books from Jeffery Deaver, Tess Gerritsen and Mo Hayder? My wife and I really like them but I don't think I've ever seen anyone here mention them. Just curious.
And does anyone have a clue what happened to Cody McFadyen, by the way? He wrote some awesome serial killer books and then competely vanished even though there was supposed to be another book in the series (last time I checked his website hadn't been updated since 2011).
Also, anyone here ever read books by Daniel Hecht? Great 'gothic neuropsychological noir' books.
How long are they taking you? I just opened up The Way of Kings and realized it was 1000+ pages and put it back on the shelf for another day lol.
With my trip to Colorado next week I figure there is no better time to start The Shining!
Apparently McFadyen was sick for a while but his next book is to be released in September, at least that what Amazon says.
Thanks! I did not know that!
Currently reading: Revival (by youknowwho)
mixed feelings
like, enjoying it immensely in spite of everything
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
haven't been here for ages, and am exceptionally glad to recognize the old forum spiritI will never read another book of his again. I am sorry but he is horrible.... it is the first time in my life I completely gave up on reading a book... ever.
I haven't read everything but check out The Third Bear, which contains the amazing novella The Situation and his earlier collection City of Saints and Madmen. Very surreal stuff and beautifully written.
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm 850 pages into IT. Going to read the end while hanging out around the filming site next week. Will be freaky to look up and see Pennywise.
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How goes my book? Still anxiously awaiting the opinion of bears! Ib think you'd really like the novella I'm writing right now.
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Paul Tremblay - Disappearance at Devil's Rock
Benjamin Kane Etheridge - This House...
How is this one?
Only the gentle are ever really strong.
I am rereading The Passage and The Twelve. I found myself unable to jump straight into City of Mirrors after a hiatus of what, three years? The Passage still holds up pretty well so far!
After Cronin I will need to get back into Simmons and McCammon.
Just finished the Passage myself. It was a pretty good read for sure. Also good idea on Simmons and McCammon(two of my favorites)
had to lay it aside for awhile, there were a clupla moments in the middle when it started touching me deeper than what I was ready for. Now doing mainly popular genre fiction, the lighter the better. Will get back to yours as soon as am strong enough. What I did read was superb, every word I said to you before is true. I love love love the writing, and it's not something bears often say. Want the novella too!!!!!!!!!
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pretty good but I'm only 35 or so pages in.How is this one?
I've only read A Headful of Ghosts, but since then I've been wanting to check out some of his other books. This one sounded really interesting. Let me know what you think when you're done.Pretty good but I'm only 35 or so pages in.How is this one?
Only the gentle are ever really strong.
I hope both bears and Heathers try The Third Bear:
https://tachyonpublications.com/product/the-third-bear/
Compared by critics to Borges, Nabokov, and Kafka, contemporary fantasist Jeff VanderMeer (The Southern Reach Trilogy) continues to amaze with this surreal, innovative, and absurdist gathering of award-winning short fiction. Exotic beasts and improbable travelers roam restlessly through these darkly diverting and finely honed tales.
In “The Situation,” a beleaguered office worker creates a child-swallowing manta-ray to be used for educational purposes (once described as Dilbert meets Gormenghast). In “Three Days in a Border Town,” a sharpshooter seeks the truth about her husband in an elusive floating city beyond a far-future horizon; “Errata” follows an oddly familiar writer who has marshaled a penguin, a shaman, and two pearl-handled pistols with which to plot the end of the world. Also included are two stories original to this collection, including “The Quickening,” in which a lonely child is torn between familial obligation and loyalty to a maligned talking rabbit.
Chimerical and hypnotic, VanderMeer leads readers through the postmodern into a new literature of the imagination.
Bought this while in America last year:
Finally picked it up again. Such an absorbing read. I love 70s rock music, punk in particular, and this book covers so much of that period from so many sides.
Never be cruel and never be cowardly. And if you ever are, always make amends.
You are a walking talking Doctor Who encyclopedia to me. - Melike
I too hope we will!! You kidding? they say - compared to three writers I adore every word of?... OMG, now got to find it.
The word "postmodern" kinda put me off a bit... but - "through the postmodern, into a new literature of the imagination" should probably mean that he left the postmodern behind somewheres along the way
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's definitely not a pleasant read, that's for sure. I was sure happy to get away from such morose, miserable characters for awhile! lolhad to lay it aside for awhile, there were a clupla moments in the middle when it started touching me deeper than what I was ready for. Now doing mainly popular genre fiction, the lighter the better. Will get back to yours as soon as am strong enough. What I did read was superb, every word I said to you before is true. I love love love the writing, and it's not something bears often say. Want the novella too!!!!!!!!!
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I paused my reading as soon as I started realizing that their misery evokes way too much in bears' soul. By the way, I am not sure it's a good thing for a piece of literature. Not sure it's a bad thing, either, though.
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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